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AFCON 2019 draw: Odion Ighalo reacts to Super Eagles' group

Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has communicated certainty that Gernot Rohr's men will progress from the gathering phase of the current year's Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Egypt.

The Shanghai Shenhua assassin expressed this while responding to the 2019 AFCON draws that was directed on Friday night in Cairo.

Nigeria has been drawn against debutants Madagascar and Burundi, with Guinea finishing Group B.

The 2019 AFCON will hold from June 21 to July 19.

"It's as yet an extreme one, no group is a sucker," Ighalo told Completesports.

"We will experience by God's effortlessness."

Nigeria will be situated in Alexandria amid the gathering stage and start their AFCON 2019 battle with a tie against Burundi on June 22, preceding taking on Guinea [June 26] and Madagascar [June 30] separately.